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Wilshire Blvd looking east toward Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, 1944
This is Wilshire Blvd looking east from a couple of blocks west of Rodeo Drive in 1944. You can see the Brown Derby restaurant sign outlined on the left hand side of the street. I wonder if those people whose … Continue reading
Beverly Hills Hotel entrance, circa 1940s
This is the entrance to the Beverly Hills Hotel as it looked in the 1940s. The foliage is now thicker and more lush, and the building is now a pale pink, but the entrance looks remarkably unchanged since then.
Ephemera from The Tropics restaurant, 427 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills
In 1936, Harry “Sugie” Sugarman opened The Tropics restaurant at 427 North Rodeo Dr in Beverly Hills. (In 1953 it became The Luau.) 1935 advertisement for The Tropics, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills:
Hollywood map on cover of luncheon menu from the Vine Street Brown Derby restaurant, 1951
I love it when my lunch menu doubles as a map to all the important places around Hollywood, including all four Brown Derby restaurants, which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering this was the lunch menu at the Vine Street … Continue reading
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Interior of Brown Derby at the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills
The Brown Derby restaurant on Vine Street was famous for its caricatures of the famous faces that dined there. This shot is from the one on Wilshire Blvd on the corner of Rodeo Drive where they hung photos instead. It … Continue reading
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Hal Roach jewelry store at 9167 Sunset Blvd, Beverly Hills
Hal Roach wasn’t just a film producer (he was best known for producing Laurel & Hardy and “Our Gang”) he had other enterprises going on, such as a Chevrolet dealership and this jewelry store, which stood at 9167 Sunset Blvd … Continue reading
Currie’s Ice Cream Parlor, 100 N. Gale Drive, Beverly Hills
Like Wil Wright’s, Currie’s was another popular chain of ice cream parlors. This one was at 100 N. Gale Drive, Beverly Hills (at the corner of Wilshire) and they certainly made sure you couldn’t miss it at night. Apparently, their … Continue reading
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Lawry’s The Prime Rib, 100 N. La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, 1938—the year it opened
I didn’t know that the Lawry’s restaurants went back as far as the 1930s until I found this photo of Lawry’s The Prime Rib at 100 N. La Cienega Boulevard, Beverly Hills. This photo was dated 1938—the year it opened—and … Continue reading
Los Angeles / Hollywood / Beverly Hills map, 1937
Confession time: I am a bit of a map fan (and by “bit of a” I mean “a lot of a”) especially if it’s an old one of L.A. and extra points if it’s an old Hollywood map. This one … Continue reading
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Beverly Hills street, circa 1926
I don’t know which street, but this is Beverly Hills, circa 1926. What amazes me is that there are no front fences at all. I can’t imagine that street still looks like this anymore.